GIBSON, JAMES H., M.D. (deceased), Island Grove township, Sangamon County, was born in Gallatin county, near Warsaw, on the 9th day of September, 1809; was the son of David and Mary (Marrow) Gibson. Mr. David Gibson was a man of influence, and represented his district in the legislature for several terms. The family consisted of four sons and one daughter. The subject of this sketch came to Beardstown, and first engaged in the practice of medicine with Dr. Chandler. In 1840 came to Berlin, Sangamon County, where he followed his profession for more than thirty years. He died in Berlin, November 22, 1873, leaving a widow and one daughter. He married Miss Catharine Maison, a daughter of Peter and Catharine (Miller) Maison, of Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania, where she was born, May 23, 1813. Dr. Gibson attended lectures in Cincinnati medical college, where he graduated with honors. Dr. G., at his death, had accumulated a fine property, and owned four hundred and forty acres of valuable land, valued at $75 per acre. The Doctor was a member of the Baptist Church for over thirty years. AS husband, father, brother, he was a true Christian man, of the noblest and truest type. A large and sorrowing concourse attested his worth at his funeral at Berlin.